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Ian, Fiona join list of retired hurricane names

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Officials with the World Meteorological Organization Hurricane Committee have added two names to a list of retired names for hurricanes. Officials announced that the names Fiona and Ian are now retired, due to the "death and destruction they caused in Central America, the Caribbean, the United States, and Canada" The names Farrah and Idris have been selected as replacements.

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Bangor Daily News

Fiona, Ian retired from list of tropical cyclone names

MIAMI — Weather officials announced Wednesday that they’re retiring the names Fiona and Ian from the rotating list of Atlantic tropical cyclone names because of the death and destruction caused by the most recent storms with those names. Farrah will replace Fiona on the lists, and Idris will replace Ian, the World Meteorological Organization said in a news release. Tropical cyclones are assigned names from the alphabetical list when they intensi…

1 year ago·Bangor, United States

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WESH

Ian retired from list of tropical cyclone names

Weather officials announced Wednesday that they're retiring the name Ian because of the death and destruction caused.

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Jamaica Observer

Fiona, Ian retired from list of tropical cyclone names - Jamaica Observer

MIAMI (AP) — Weather officials announced Wednesday that they're retiring the names Fiona and Ian from the rotating list of Atlantic tropical cyclone names because of the death and destruction caused ...

1 year ago·Jamaica

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KHOU 11

Ian, Fiona join list of retired hurricane names

These two names will be replaced with Idris and Farrah in the 6-year rotating list produced by the National Hurricane Center.

1 year ago·Houston, United States

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Fox 10 Phoenix

WMO: Fiona, Ian join list of retired hurricane names

There will be no more hurricanes named Fiona and Ian, according to officials with the World Meteorological Organization, after last year's hurricane season that wreaked havoc on various communities in the Caribbean, the U.S., and Canada.

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